John e. Prescott

Katz Graduate School of Business 122 Wilmar Drive

246 Mervis Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15238

University of Pittsburgh (412) 996-2032

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

(412) 648 1573

FAX: (412) 648 1693

E-mail: Prescott@katz.pitt.edu

Ph.D.   1983 The Pennsylvania State University

Major: Strategic Management

Minors: Economics and Quantitative Business Analysis

Concentration: Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Major: Psychology - Concentration: Personnel Management

Director, Doctoral Program (2005 – 2009)

University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

The Pennsylvania State University

American Telephone and Telegraph

Center for Municipal Studies and Services

1. 
   Flow Signals: Evidence from patent and alliance portfolios in the US biopharmaceutical Industry (with Olga Bruyaka and Turanay Caner) Journal of Management Studies, forthcoming
   

2. 
   The Alliance Experience Transfer Effect: the case of convergence in the telecommunication Industry (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) British Journal of Management, forthcoming
   

3. 
   Lost in your neighbor’s yard or lost in translation: Protecting and leveraging MNC subsidiary technology sourcing (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu and Akie Iriyama) Journal of International Management, 2016, 22 (1), 84-99
   

4. 
   Retail Capability Systems (with Efua Obeng, John Hulland, Robert Gilbert, James Maxham AMS Review – 2015 5 (3-4) 103-122.
   

5. 
   When a firm's centrality in R&D alliance network is (not) the answer for invention:
   

6. 
   "Frequency and Directional Reversal of Equity Ownership Change in International Joint Ventures," (with Akie Iriyama and Weilei Shi) Asia Pacific Journal of Management March 2014, Volume 31, 1, pp 215-243
   

7. 
   Rhythm and Synchronization of Acquisition and Alliance Behavior: An Entrainment View (with WeiLei Shi) – Organization Studies, 2012, 33, 10, 1281 – 1310.
   

8. 
   A Temporal Perspective of Merger & Acquisition and Strategic Alliance Initiatives: Review and Future Research Directions (with WeiLei (Stone) Shi and Jing Sun) Journal of Management, 2012, 38, 1,
   

9. 
   Sequence patterns of firms’ acquisition and alliance behavior and their performance implications (with WeiLei (Stone) Shi) Journal of Management Studies, 2011
   

10. 
    Ambidextrous organizations and firm performance: the role of marketing function implementation (with Matt Sarkees and John Hulland) Journal of Strategic Marketing, Vol. 18, No. 2, April 2010, 163-182
    

11. 
    The strategic role of the board: the impact of board structure on top management team strategic action capabilities (with Michael Burns and Bongjin Kim) Corporate Governance: An International Review – 17, 6, 728-743, 2009
    

12. 
    Designing Alliance Networks: The influence of network position, environmental change and strategy on firm performance– (with Balaji Koka) Strategic Management Journal, 29, 6, 639-661, 2008
    

13. 
    "An exploratory comparative study on competitive intelligence of Korean and American companies" 2006 (with Kwangsoo Kim and Ravi Madhavan) Korean International Business Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.153-169
    

14. 
    "The Evolution of Interfirm Networks: Environmental Effects on Patterns of Network Change" (with Balaji Koka and Ravi Madhavan) Academy of Management Review, 31, 3, 2006
    

15. 
    “Differentiated governance of foreign subsidiaries in transnational corporations:
    

16. 
    “Forms of Deregulation, Variations in Speed of Governance Adaptation and Performance” (with Bongjin Kim) Academy of Management Review, 30, 2, April, 2005, 414-425
    

17. 
    “The Global Acquistion, Leverage and Protection of Technological Capabilities” (with Susan McEvily and Kathleen Eisenhardt) Strategic Management Journal, July 2004.
    

18. 
    “The Global Integration of Business Functions: A Study of Multinational Business Units in Global Industries,” (with Kwangsoo Kim and Jong-Hun Park). Journal of International Business Studies. 2003, 34, 4, 327 – 344. (An earlier version was the 1999 Winner of the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award)
    

19. 
    “Strategic Alliances as Social Capital” (with Balaji Koka) Strategic Management Journal, 23, 9, 795-816, 2002
    

20. 
    “Contagion Influence on Trade and Investment Policy: A Network Perspective” (with Balaji Koka and Ravi Madhavan), Journal of International Business Studies, (30, 1, 1999).
    

21. 
    “Competitive Intelligence: Designing a Process for Action,” APMP Professional Journal, (1999).
    

22. 
    “A Manager’s Guide to the Ethics of Competitive Intelligence,” Ethics in Economics, (1999)
    

23. 
    “Small Business Solutions: Building and Leveraging a Competitive Intelligence Capability Without Going Broke” (with Cynthia E. Miree), Journal of Small Business Strategy, (Fall/Winter 1998).
    

24. 
    “Networks in Transition: How Industry Events (re)Shape Interfirm Relationships” (with Ravi Madhavan and Balaji Koka), Strategic Management Journal, May 1998.
    

25. 
    “Parallel Competitive Intelligence Processes in Organizations” (with Patrick Gibbons), The International Journal of Technology Management, 1996
    

26. 
    “Market Value Impact of Joint Ventures: The Effect of Industry Information Processing Load” (with Ravi Madhavan), Academy of Management Journal, June 1995
    

27. 
    “Antecedents and Consequences of Project Team Cross-Functional Cooperation” (with Mary Beth Pinto and Jeffrey Pinto), Management Science, October 1993.
    

28. 
    “Towards an Objective Classification Scheme for Organizational Task Environments” (with Abdul Rasheed), British Journal of Management, 3, 197-206, 1992
    

29. 
    “Europe 1992: A New Dimension for Competitive Intelligence” (with Patrick Gibbons), The Journal of Business Strategy. November-December 1991.
    

30. 
    “Planning and Tactical Factors in the Project Implementation Process” (with Jeffrey K.Pinto), Journal of Management Studies, May 1990.
    

31. 
    “The Effects of Technological Sophistication on Strategic Profiles, Structure and Firm Performance” (with Jeffrey G. Covin and Dennis P. Slevin), Journal of Management Studies (November 1990).
    

32. 
    “Determinants of Top Management Compensation: Explaining the Impact of Economic, Behavioral and Strategic Constructs and the Moderating Effects of Industry” (with Nandini Rajagopalan), Journal of Management vol. 16, 3, 503 526, 1990.
    

33. 
    “The Market Share Profitability Relationship: Testing Temporal Stability Across Business Cycles” (with N. Venkatraman), Journal of Management vol. 16, 4, 1990.
    

34. 
    “Environment Strategy Coalignment: An Empirical Test of Its Performance Implications” (with N. Venkatraman), Strategic Management Journal January February 1990
    

35. 
    “Strategies, Styles, and Structures of Small Product Innovative Firms in High and Low Technology Industries” (with Jeffrey G. Covin), Journal of High Technology Management Research, Vol. 1, 1, 1990
    

36. 
    “The Largest Survey of “Leading Edge” Competitor Intelligence Managers” (with Daniel C. Smith), Planning Review, Vol. 17, 3, pp. 6 13, May June 1989. (Reprinted in From Vision to Reality, 1989 Proceedings of the Planning Forum International Conference)
    

37. 
    “Variations in Critical Success Factors Over the Stages in the Project Life Cycle” (with Jeffrey K. Pinto), Journal of Management, Vol. 14, 1, pp. 5 18, 1988.
    

38. 
    “A Manager’s Guide for Evaluating Competitive Analysis Techniques” (with John H. Grant), Interfaces, May June 1988. Reprinted in Strategic Management Practice: Readings in Strategic Management by John Pearce II and Richard Robinson, Jr. Irwin: Boston 1991.
    

39. 
    “De Mystifying Competitive Analysis” (with Daniel C. Smith), Planning Review, September October 1987.
    

40. 
    “A Project Based Approach to Competitive Analysis” (with Daniel C. Smith), Strategic Management Journal, September October 1987 Reprinted in I.E.E.E. Engi­neering Management Review, June 1988, 16, 2, pp. 25 37
    

41. 
    “Couple Competitive Analysis to Sales Force Decisions” (with Daniel C. Smith), Industrial Marketing Management, February 1987.
    

42. 
    “Environment as a Moderator of the Strategy Performance Relationship,” Academy of Management Journal, June 1986.
    

43. 
    “The Market Share Profitability Relationship: An Empirical Assessment of Major Assertions and Contradictions” (with Ajay Kohli and N. Venkatraman), Strategic Management Journal, July August 1986
    

44. 
    Establishing A World-Class Competitive intelligence Function: Workbook. (with Alessandro Comai) EMECOM Ediciones, (April 2007)
    

45. 
    Competitive Intelligence: A Guide for Your Journey to Best-Practice Processes. (with Farida Hasanali, Paige Leavitt and Darcy Lemons) APQC (March 2004)
    

46. 
    Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches (John E. Prescott and Steve Miller, editors), New York: John Wiley & Sons (April 2001). Translated into Chinese, Korean, Russian and Portuguese (For the Brazilian Market)
    

47. 
    Global Perspectives on Competitive Intelligence (John E. Prescott and Patrick Gibbons, editors), Alexandria, VA: Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (August 1993).
    

48. 
    Advances in Competitive Intelligence (John E. Prescott, editor; also, author of two chapters), Vienna, Virginia: Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals (March 1989).
    

49. 
    Intelligence Studies in Business. The Encyclopedia of U.S. Intelligence, Edited by Greg Moore  Auerbach Publications, December, 2014
    

50. 
    Early warning during the industry convergence process: the influence of alliances on acquisition timing (with Sean Tsu-Hsiang Hsu) In X. Xie (Ed.) Progress in Competitive Intelligence: Beijing, Science and Technology Literature Press 2012
    

51. 
    Strategic pacing in acquisition and alliances: A temporal view (with Weilei Shi) 2012 in Strategic Alliances for Value Creation (T.K. Das, editor)
    

52. 
    TOWS Analysis: The Role of Competitive Intelligence (with Richard Herko). In X. Xie (Ed.) Progress in Competitive Intelligence: 113-130.Beijing, Science and Technology Literature Press, 2010
    

53. 
    "Smarter Mover Advantage: A Longitudinal Analysis of International Joint Ventures in China's Auto Market" (with Tom Tao and Sean Hsu) in Strategic Alliances in a Globalizing World (T.K. Das, editor) 2011
    

54. 
    Competitive Intelligence and Ethics: Either You Have it or You Don’t. SCIP Anthology, 2010.
    

55. 
    A Temporal Perspective of Corporate M&A and Alliance Portfolios (with WeiLei (Stone) Shi - Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, Volume 7, 2009
    

56. 
    “Bringing the firm back in: networking as antecedent to network structure” (with Ravi Madhavan, Balaji Koka and Turanay Caner) Advances in Strategic Management, volume 25, Network Strategy – Editors Joel Baum and Timothy Rowley 2008
    

57. 
    “Shared Mental models and Conflict in Boards of Directors: Implications for Board Effectiveness” in M. A. Rahin (editor) 2007 Current Topics in Management, volume 12, Transaction Publishers; New Brunswick, N.J.
    

58. 
    “Competitive Intelligence: An Introduction” In X. Tao & Z. Zhang (Eds.), 2006 Competitive Environment Scanning, Beijing, China, Hua Xia Press
    

59. 
    “Competitive Intelligence and Ethics: Either You Have It or You Don’t”, In Competitive Intelligence: Navigating the Grey Zone, Vienna, VA: Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, 2006
    

60. 
    “Afterword – The Role of CI in Academia”, In Working the Web in Competitive Intelligence: Analytical Strategies for Management and Staff by Conor Vibert. Mason, Ohio: South-Western, 2003.
    

61. 
    “John Prescott: CI Teacher”. In Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence: the online and offline secrets of top CI researchers Edited by Reva Basch.. Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, Inc.; CyberAge Books, 2003 pp 245-262.
    

62. 
    “Preface to Competitive Intelligence Series,” Series of Competitive Intelligence (Professor Bao, editor). China: Huaxia Publishing House. (23 pages) (2001).
    

63. 
    “Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches,” in Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches (John E. Prescott and Steve Miller, editors), New York: John Wiley & Sons (February 2001).
    

64. 
    “Patterns of Strategic Alliance Activity in the Global Steel Industry” (with Ravi Madhavan andBalaji Koka) in Advances in Strategic Management. New York: Wiley (1996).
    

65. 
    “Reinventing the (Competitive Intelligence) Wheel – In Navigating in a Sea of Change.” SCIP Publications, 1996.
    

66. 
    “Evolution of Competitive Intelligence” in Rethinking Strategic Management (edited by David Hussey, Wiley, 1995).
    

67. 
    “Self-Deception in Strategic Management: Conceptualizing the Influence” (with Reginald Litz) in Advances in Applied Business Strategies (edited by L. Foster, 1995).
    

68. 
    “The Role of Competitive Intelligence in Maintaining Strategic Leadership in High Technology Settings” (with Jeffrey Allenby) in Gomez-Majia & Lawless (editors), Management of Competitive Strategy in High Technology (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc.; 1995).
    

69. 
    “Global Competitive Intelligence: An Overview” (with Patrick Gibbons) in Global Perspectives on Competitive Intelligence (John E. Prescott and Patrick Gibbons, editors), 1993.
    

70. 
    “A Framework for the Design and Implementation of Competitive Intelligence Systems” in Charles C. Snow (editor), Strategy, Organization Design, and Human Resource Management (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc.; 1989).
    

71. 
    “Competitive Intelligence: Its Role and Function in Organizations” in John E. Prescott (editor), Advances in Competitive Intelligence (Vienna, VA: Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals), 1989.
    

72. 
    “A Survey of Competitor Intelligence Professionals” (with Daniel C. Smith) in John E. Prescott (editor), Advances in Competitive Intelligence (Vienna, VA: Society of Competitor Intelligence Professionals), 1989.
    

73. 
    “A Process for Applying Analytic Models in Competitive Analysis” in King, William R. and Cleland, David (editors), Strategic Planning and Management Handbook (New York: Van Nostrand and Reinhold Company), 1987.
    

74. 
    The Synchronization Trap: Cross-border Acquisition Pacing during Institutional Transition (with Yinuo Tang and WeiLei (Stone) Shi) August 2014 - Academy of Management Best Paper Proceeding – finalist for International Best Paper Award
    

75. 
    Alliance Experience Transfer Effect on Acquisition Likelihood in an Industry Convergence Context (with Sean Hsu) Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013 - Best Empirical Paper Award winner
    

76. 
    The Taxonomy of Sequence of firms’ M&A and Alliance Behaviors:
    

77. 
    "Rhythm and Synchronization of Firms' M&A and Alliance Behaviors: An Entrainment View” (with WeiLei Shi) 2007 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceeding
    

78. 
    “The Global Integration of Distinctive Competencies: A Study of Multinational Businesses in Global Industries” (with Kwangsoo Kim and Jong-Hun Park), National Academy of Management Proceedings, 1999 (Winner of the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award.)
    

79. 
    “Intermediary Agents’ Roles in Interorganizational Exchange Transactions” (with Steve Osborne), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1993.
    

80. 
    “Lagged Impact of Market-Share on Profitability: A Distributed Lag Analysis” (with Abdul Rasheed), Southwest Academy of Management Proceedings, 1992.
    

81. 
    “Investment Intensity Effects Across Business Cycles: A Panel Data Analysis” (with Kunal Sadhu and John Grant), National Academy of Management Proceedings, 1990
    

82. 
    “The Market Share Profitability Relationship: Testing Temporal Stability Across Business Cycles” (with N. Venkatraman), National Academy of Management Proceedings, 1989.
    

83. 
    “A Comparison of the Strategic Profiles, Structure, and Performance of Small Firms in High  and Low Tech Industries” (with Jeffrey Covin and Dennis Slevin), 1989 Southern Management Association Proceedings.
    

84. 
    “An Empirical Test of the Performance Implications of Environment Strategy Coalignment” (with N. Venkatraman), National Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 1988.
    

85. 
    “Strategic Patterns of Small Product Innovative Firms in High and Low Technology Industries” (with Jeffrey G. Covin), Proceedings of Managing the High Technology Firm, 1988.
    

86. 
    “Changes in Critical Success Factor Importance over the Life of a Project” (with Jeffrey K. Pinto), National Academy of Management Proceedings, 1987.
    

87. 
    “Top Management Compensation: An Integration of Economic,Behavioral and Strategic Perspec­tives”(with Nandini Rajagopalan), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1987.
    

88. 
    “The Role of Trade Associations in Transorganizational Development: A Strategy for Survival in Declining Industries” (with Frances Amatucci), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1987.
    

89. 
    “The Relative Importance of Corporate and Business Strategy for Performance: An Assessment of the Strength and Form of Their Interaction” (with Barry McClune), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1986.
    

90. 
    “Comparison of Intra Industry Membership of Strategic Groups Along Five Alternative Perspectives” (with Kunal K. Sadhu), Eastern Academy of Management Proceedings, 1986.
    

91. 
    “Feedforward and Feedback in Strategic Management: A Comparative Analysis” (with Rajaram Veliyath and John C. Camillus), Midwest American Institute for Decision Sciences Conference Proceedings, 1986.
    

92. 
    “Is the Relationship Between Market Share and Business Profitability Spurious?: An Empirical Assessment” (with Ajay K. Kohli and N. Venkatraman), Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 1984.
    

93. 
    “An Integration of Market Structure, Business Strategy, and the Product Life Cycle,” Proceedings of Eastern Academy of Management, 1981.
    

94. 
    Forward in Intelligence in Action (2012) by G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. Rothberg. Palgrave, London; ix – xi.
    

95. 
    TOWS Analysis: the Role of Competitive Intelligence (with Richard Herko), Competitive Intelligence Magazine, November-December, 2010.
    

96. 
    The CI Professionals’ Competency Framework (with Richard Herko), Competitive Intelligence Magazine, January-February, 2009
    

97. 
    “Competitive Intelligence and Ethics: Either You Have It or You Don’t”, Competitive Intelligence Magazine, March-April, 2006 (an expanded version is in the book “Competitive Intelligence: Navigating the Grey Zone)
    

98. 
    “The User-Driven Competitive Intelligence Model: A New Paradigm for CI (with Rachele Williams) Competitive Intelligence Magazine, volume 6, 5, 2003
    

99. 
    “CI Field Research: Moving the Field Forward by Setting a Research Agenda” (with Usha Ganesh and Cynthia Miree). Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, 2003
    

100. 
     “The Social Capital of CI Professionals”. Competitive Intelligence; volume 6, 1, 33-35, 2003
     

101. 
     “Consortium Benchmarking of CI Practices” (with Rachele Williams) Competitive Intelligence Magazine (2002)
     

102. 
     “The P&G Dilemma: Espionage and Ethics” Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 4, 6, November-December 2001, 22-24. (Reprint in PPG.)
     

103. 
     “Competitive Intelligence: Lessons from the Trenches, Competitive Intelligence Review, 12, 2, 5-19, 2001.
     

104. 
     China: Competitive Intelligence Practices in an Emerging Market Environment,” (with Tom Tao), Competitive Intelligence Review (11 (4) April 2000).
     

105. 
     “Products of the Mind: Assessment and Protection of Intellectual Property” (with Jennifer Doviak Brown), Competitive Intelligence Review (11(3), March 2000).
     

106. 
     “TAP-IN to Strategic and Tactical Intelligence in the Sales and Marketing Function” (with Cynthia Miree), Competitive Intelligence Review, 11, 1, 2000. (Reprinted in Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence.)
     

107. 
     “Debunking the ‘Academic Abstinence’ Myth of Competitive Intelligence,” Competitive Intelligence Magazine, 2, 4, 1999.
     

108. 
     “Leveraging Information for Action: A Look into the 1996 Consortium Benchmarking Study” (with Jan Herring and Pegi Panfely), Competitive Intelligence Review, January-March 1998
     

109. 
     “Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead,” Competitive Intelligence Review, Spring 1997 (with L. Fuld, J. Herring, L. Kahaner, and L. Kight).
     

110. 
     “Introduction to the Special Issue on Fundamentals of Competitive Intelligence,” Competitive Intelligence Review, 1996
     

111. 
     “Competitive Intelligence Practices: A Survey” (with Gaurab Bhardwaj), Competitive Intelligence Review (1995).
     

112. 
     “The Seven ‘Seas’ of Global Competitive Intelligence” (with Patrick Gibbons), Competitive Intelligence Review, (Fall 1993).
     

113. 
     “The Parallel Processing of Competitive Intelligence: Why It Exists and What Can We Do About It?” (with Patrick Gibbons), Competitive Intelligence Review (Summer 1992).
     

114. 
     “The Role of Competitive Intelligence for U. S Competitiveness,” Competitive Intelligence Review. 2, #3, Winter 1992 (Also in Congressional Record).
     

115. 
     “SCIP: Who We Are, What We Do,” Competitive Intelligence Review (Spring 1991).
     

116. 
     “A Process for Designing Competitive Intelligence Workshops,” (with Patrick Gibbons), Competitive Intelligence Review, (Spring 1991)
     

117. 
     “Getting the Global Perspective,” Managing (Spring 1990).
     

118. 
     Book review of “Monitoring the Competition: Finding Out What’s Really Going on Over There” (by Leonard Fuld), in Academy of Management Executive (November 1989).
     

119. 
     “Designing Strategic Intelligence Programs,” Managing (June 1988)
     

120. 
     “Government’s Role in High Technology via Industry Analysis” (with John H. Grant), Harvard International Review, 10, 2 (January 1988)